Looking Back: 50 Years Later: Reflections on Our Days at Princeton
Produced by Lanny Jones and the Princeton Class of 1966
Directed by Evelyn Tu
Six-minute trailer to the 55-minute documentary
Author Archives: Lanny Jones

Young College Dudes Home on the Range a World Ago
Young College Dudes Home on the Range a World ago
Opinion/Letter to the Editor
Wall Street Journal
22 August 2015
(pdf version)

What We Can Still Learn from the Summer of 1915
What We Can Still Learn from the Summer of 1915:
James Agee’s prose-poem is perhaps the best thing ever written about summer
by Pia de Jong and Landon Jones
Time.com
14 August 2015
(pdf)

On the Range Where the College Cowboys No Longer Play
On the Range Where the College Cowboys No Longer Play
by Landon Jones
Wall Street Journal
15 August 2015
(pdf)
The Incredible True Story behind “Amazing Grace”
The Incredible True Story behind ‘Amazing Grace”
Its author was an atheist slave trader who found salvation
by Landon Jones
Time.com, 28 June 2015

The Cardinals Lose Their Virtue
The Cardinals Lose Their Virtue
After a chaotic year, the FBI investigation of the beloved baseball team wounds the spirit of St. Louis
by Landon Jones
The Atlantic.com
June 17, 2015

Landon Jones wins 2015 Award for Excellence in Alumni Education
Landon Jones wins 2015 Award for Excellence in Alumni Education
Alumni Association of Princeton University
20 May 2015

Longtime Princeton Resident Landon Jones Wins Time Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award
Longtime Princeton Resident Landon Jones Wins Time Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award
by Logan Sander
Planet Princeton
April 28, 2015
(pdf version)

Tiger of the Week: Writer and Editor Landon Y. Jones ’66
Tiger of the Week: Writer and Editor Landon Y. Jones ’66
by Brian Geiger
Princeton Alumni Weekly
April 22, 2015
(pdf)

Princeton resident Landon Jones receives Time Inc. 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award
Princeton Resident Landon Jones Receives Time Inc. 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award
Interview by Linda Arntzenius
Princeton Town Topics
April 15, 2015
(pdf)

Time Inc. Announces 2015 Luce Awards
Time Inc. Announces 2015 Luce Awards
New York, NY – March 27, 2015 – Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer Norman Pearlstine announced today the winners of the 17th annual Henry R. Luce Awards, honoring editorial excellence in print, digital and multimedia categories across all of Time Inc.’s US brands.
Time Inc.’s Southern Living (Southern Living.com <http://www.southernliving.com/> ) is being recognized as “Magazine of the Year” and Landon Jones, former editor of People and Money, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award when the Luce Award winners will be celebrated with a dinner at Oceana in New York on April 15.
Awards were given out in 19 categories, including Magazine of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Most Valuable Player, News Photography, Best Cover and Best Multimedia Story. Former Time Inc. editorial directors Jim Kelly and Isolde Motley joined Pearlstine in judging the entries.
“The Henry R. Luce Awards are Time Inc.’s own prestigious awards that honor the important legacy of our founding father by celebrating the highest journalistic standards, innovation and design within our portfolio of brands. We are very proud of the exceptional work being done across the company,” said Pearlstine.
Pia de Jong Warms Up a Cold March Monday with Observations on Dutch and American Life
Pia de Jong Warms Up a Cold March Monday with Observations on Dutch and American Life
by Linda Arntzenius
Princeton Town Topics
March 4, 2015
(pdf version)
NOTES IN A BOTTLE: Relative newcomer to Princeton Pia de Jong shared her observations on life in the United States with longtime resident Landon “Lanny” Jones in front of an audience at the Princeton Public Library Monday, March 2. The Dutch novelist and columnist read from her popular weekly column for the Amsterdam daily NRC Handelsblad. Mr. Jones, former People Magazine editor, moderated the event which was part of the Library’s “Conversations that Matter” series, currently focused on immigration. For more on the writer, visit: www.piadejong.com. For more on the moderator, visit: www.lannyjones.com.
Talk: Author Pia de Jong at Princeton Library
Talk: Author Pia de Jong
Princeton Public Library
Monday, March 2, 7 pm
(pdf version)
The Dutch novelist and newspaper columnist, who moved from Amsterdam to the United States in 2012, discusses her adjustment to writing in English and what it has taught her about the immigrant experience. The program will be moderated by Landon Jones, former editor of People and author of “Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation.”
An Author’s “Unblinking” Eye on American Life
A conversation with Dutch novelist and columnist Pia de Jong moderated by Lanny Jones at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ
The Princeton Packet
February 3, 2015
by Philip Sean Curran
(pdf versionPrinceton Packet:Pia de Jong )
A Conversation with Pia de Jong (video)
The novelist and columnist Pia de Jong reads from her most recent work and discusses her life as a writer in the United States.
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, NJ
January 30, 2015
(click here to see video)
Smithsonian Associates seminar on Lewis and Clark
Join the Smithsonian Associates for Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the American West, the first of several programs on great expeditions and their leaders. Landon Jones introduces us to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on April 30, 2015 at 6:45 pm.
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.
April 30, 2015
A Conversation with Pia de Jong
The novelist and columnist Pia de Jong will read from her most recent work and discuss her life as a writer in the United States.
A special Friends Event at the Institute for Advanced Study
Moderated by Lanny Jones
January 30, 2015
(pdf version)
How ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Could Start a Real Revolution
The unpunished deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have sparked protests reminiscent of the start of the Free Speech Movement.
Time Magazine
by Landon Jones
December 4, 2014
(pdf version)
Rudyard Kipling: At Large in the West
Montana the Magazine of Western History (pdf)
by Landon Jones
Autumn 2014
The Best Designed Magazine I Ever Saw
The best one I ever saw was Quality, published in 1987. The Editor was Landon Jones; the Assistant Managing Editor and Art Director of Magazine Development was Mary K. Baumann; Nora Sheehan was the Art Director, and Michele McNally (now photography director at the New York Times) was the Picture Editor. The full contents are here.
The Best Designed Magazine I Ever Saw – Grids – SPD.ORG – GridsSPD.ORG
by Robin Benson
Oct. 17, 2014
(pdf version)